“Principled Journalism and Government Relations in a New Era”

A one-day conference for South Florida journalists, government officials and public relations professionals sponsored by the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics, the School of Communication at the University of Miami and the South Florida Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
School of Communication
University of Miami
5100 Brunson Drive
Coral Gables, Florida

Keynote Speaker:
Syndicated Columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr.

Other conference presenters include:
The Hon. Lynda Bell
Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, Esq.
Helen Aguirre Ferre
Howard Finklestein, Esq.
Dwight Lauderdale
Michael Lewis
The Hon. Harvey Ruvin
Chief John Timoney
SPJ president Julie Kay

Workshop Topics include:
Media, Law and Public Access
The Revolving Door between Government and Media
Government Information: Presentation and Perception
The Appearance of Impropriety

The $20 registration fee includes breakfast, lunch and a panel discussion on Political Smears and Media Manipulation.

For more information contact the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics at 305-350-0631 or ethics@miamidade.gov.

The event is for copy editors working in any media, from students through old hands.

Topics and speakers will include:

Alternative story forms, presented by Sara Quinn of the visual journalism faculty at The Poynter Institute.
Ethics in the online world, Jan Leach, professor of journalism at Kent State University in Ohio.
ŒSo This is Journalism?‚ session on online editing, Anne Glover, AME for online  features at the St. Petersburg Times.
What copy editors need to know about journalism and the law, Rick Kenney, assistant professor of  journalism at the University of Central Florida.
Editing when you don’t have time, John Schlander, executive news editor, St. Petersburg Times.
Writing effective headlines, Jeff Rubin, copy desk chief of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
Careers outside the copy desk, a panel featuring Leigh Caldwell, SNN News 6 executive producer; Patty Kim, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, media relations coordinator; Anne Glover, St. Petersburg Times.

How copy editors can take charge of a paper’s critique, Jeff Rubin, Sarasota  Herald-Tribune.
ACES and the state of copy editing, Chris Wienandt, ACES president and Dallas Morning News.

Workshops will be at The Poynter Institute, 801 S. Third St., St. Petersburg. Lunch will be provided.

Florida ACES is a chapter of the American Copy Editors Society, which aims to improve the quality of journalism and the working lives of journalists.

To register or for more information: flaces.org.
For more information, including speaker biographies, please contact Jackie Kunzmann, 727-409-6446,  jkunzmann@tampabay.rr.com.

SPJ’s Spring Conferences are day-long professional development meetings bringing area journalists, students and journalism educators together in one place to hear from industry experts on topics ranging from improving writing to leveraging technology in today’s new media climate.

Networking opportunities at the conferences allows participants to build relationships that can lead to the sharing of best practices in newsrooms.